When the Baseball was...Yellow?

In 1938, a “color engineer” had an idea to cut down on major league beanings: make baseballs yellow. The National League president said, “Sure, why not?”Highlights-The devastating 1937 beaning of Mickey Cochrane-Frederick H. Rahr, inventor and possible flim-flam man-The inside man: Larry MacPhail, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers-The yellow ball’s debut at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn-The results of the test and Rahr’s surprising baseball legacyFurther ReadingOf Apples and Lemons - Project 3.18Hall of Fame Feature Get full access to Project 3.18 at www.project-318.com/subscribe